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Islam in Liberalism
Joseph A. Massad
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Description for Islam in Liberalism
Hardcover. In the most alarmist views, the West's most cherished values - freedom, equality, and tolerance - are said to be endangered by Islam worldwide. This book explores what Islam has become in today's world, with full attention to the multiplication of its meanings and interpretations. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 231 x 28. Weight in Grams: 706.
In the popular imagination, Islam is often associated with words like oppression, totalitarianism, intolerance, cruelty, misogyny, and homophobia, while its presumed antonyms are Christianity, the West, liberalism, individualism, freedom, citizenship, and democracy. In the most alarmist views, the West's most cherished values - freedom, equality, and tolerance - are said to be endangered by Islam worldwide. Joseph Massad's Islam in Liberalism explores what Islam has become in today's world, with full attention to the multiplication of its meanings and interpretations. He seeks to understand how anxieties about tyranny, intolerance, misogyny, and homophobia, seen in the politics of the Middle East, ... Read more
In the popular imagination, Islam is often associated with words like oppression, totalitarianism, intolerance, cruelty, misogyny, and homophobia, while its presumed antonyms are Christianity, the West, liberalism, individualism, freedom, citizenship, and democracy. In the most alarmist views, the West's most cherished values - freedom, equality, and tolerance - are said to be endangered by Islam worldwide. Joseph Massad's Islam in Liberalism explores what Islam has become in today's world, with full attention to the multiplication of its meanings and interpretations. He seeks to understand how anxieties about tyranny, intolerance, misogyny, and homophobia, seen in the politics of the Middle East, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226206226
SKU
V9780226206226
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About Joseph A. Massad
Joseph Massad is professor of modern Arab politics and intellectual history in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. He has written many books, including Desiring Arabs, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for Islam in Liberalism
"This powerfully-often passionately-written text will be read with interest by Middle East specialists, 'post-colonialist' scholars, and anyone trying to understand contemporary events in the so-called Islamic world." (Talal Asad, Graduate Center, City University of New York)"